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Based on participant observation in an Afro-Caribbean Pentecostal church in Brooklyn. The series of sequential steps in entering into the religious search have a long & complex story for the individuals, not a mere crisis.

95 in-depth interviews in Boston & Atlanta, 2006, including life histories, & followed up with observation at worship & study groups. Disposable cameras were left with respondents for them to photograph significant places. Audio-diaries were collected.

Constructing a Calling: The Case of Evangelical Christian International Students in the United States.Williams, Roman R. (2013) Sociology of Religion 74:2: 254-280.

Based on 2007-09 interviews with 72 international students in Boston and 2 Chinese cities, with follow-ups using photographs of everyday settings made by the students themselves. The theme of callings recognized as God-given emerged.

Narrative versus theory in the socioloyg of religion: Five stories of religion's place in the late modern world. Spickard, James V. (2006) In James A. Beckford and John Walliss (eds.) Religion and Social Theory: Classical and Contemporary Debates. London: Ashgate, pp. 163-175.